State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,683 Georgia births in 1923 across 1,063 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Georgia more than they say America.

#38Gradyoutside the national top 200
#51Rufus#199 nationally
#55Lucile#198 nationally
#60Essieoutside the national top 200
#63Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#76Katieoutside the national top 200
#76Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#78Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#51Susie#170 nationally
#83Sallieoutside the national top 200
#84Julianoutside the national top 200
#38Mamie#154 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,403US #1
#2Annie945US #34
#3Dorothy901US #2
#4Willie579US #67
#5Mildred557US #8
#6Louise547US #22
#7Margaret523US #4
#8Ruby523US #25
#9Frances496US #10
#10Martha450US #21
#11Helen443US #3
#12Elizabeth439US #9
#13Mattie430US #106
#14Sarah424US #54
#15Doris423US #11
#16Ruth421US #6
#17Evelyn380US #12
#18Virginia379US #7
#19Thelma316US #31
#20Lillian315US #20
#21Gladys309US #29
#22Sara305US #123
#23Lillie290US #91
#24Hazel288US #40
#25Edna279US #32
#26Alice275US #15
#27Ethel272US #38
#28Betty270US #5
#29Emma258US #53
#30Marie245US #14
#31Minnie238US #99
#32Rosa236US #130
#33Bessie235US #81
#34Clara235US #49
#35Carrie226US #134
#36Lois221US #27
#37Grace216US #39
#38Mamie207US #154
#39Julia205US #62
#40Pauline204US #37
#41Bertha203US #64
#42Jessie202US #94
#43Hattie199US #147
#44Ida198US #68
#45Catherine193US #24
#46Eva193US #66
#47Nellie192US #88
#48Fannie189US #142
#49Juanita187US #51
#50Ella171US #93
#51Susie171US #170
#52Lucille167US #35
#53Irene164US #17
#54Beatrice161US #46
#55Lucile159US #198
#56Edith154US #36
#57Lula154US #151
#58Christine153US #120
#59Inez152US #141
#60Essie150
#61Bernice148US #43
#62Marjorie145US #16
#63Johnnie143
#64Laura139US #73
#65Daisy138US #163
#66Carolyn136US #132
#67Geneva136US #111
#68Eula133US #171
#69Georgia133US #112
#70Cora125US #149
#71Vera125US #82
#72Anna124US #13
#73Agnes123US #63
#74Alma123US #89
#75Myrtle122US #84
#76Katie121
#77Katherine120US #60
#78Lizzie119
#79Josephine117US #30
#80Florence116US #18
#81Maggie116US #176
#82Mae115US #109
#83Sallie114
#84Lucy107US #92
#85Viola107US #79
#86Eunice104US #125
#87Margie104US #101
#88Janie103
#89Nancy100US #75
#90Vivian99US #69
#91Gertrude93US #59
#92Eloise87US #181
#93Elsie87US #61
#94Lena87US #108
#95Rose87US #23
#96Ann85US #52
#97Kathryn85US #72
#98Jewell83
#99Pearl81US #78
#100Addie79

Boys

#1James2,413US #4
#2William1,583US #3
#3John1,531US #1
#4Robert1,168US #2
#5Willie1,135US #30
#6George759US #6
#7Charles695US #5
#8Henry560US #18
#9Thomas538US #12
#10Joseph415US #7
#11Charlie369US #79
#12Walter342US #16
#13Jack324US #17
#14Edward315US #8
#15Frank306US #11
#16Roy256US #32
#17Joe252US #35
#18Ralph234US #23
#19Albert231US #20
#20Fred227US #33
#21Arthur222US #19
#22Clarence215US #29
#23Harold215US #13
#24David205US #24
#25Eddie199US #110
#26Paul199US #14
#27Richard193US #9
#28Eugene189US #25
#29Ernest186US #38
#30Samuel180US #45
#31Johnnie176US #107
#32Clifford162US #65
#33Howard159US #26
#34Horace157US #134
#35Leroy152US #55
#36Lewis144US #74
#37Harry143US #22
#38Grady141
#39Raymond138US #15
#40Benjamin132US #86
#41Jessie131US #119
#42Jesse123US #83
#43Carl119US #28
#44Marvin112US #51
#45Earl110US #31
#46Cecil109US #87
#47Jimmie109US #141
#48Herbert105US #40
#49Andrew103US #53
#50Otis103US #165
#51Rufus103US #199
#52Louis102US #27
#53Oscar102US #96
#54Curtis100US #116
#55Sam100US #89
#56Lee99US #85
#57Herman97US #66
#58Marion95US #106
#59Clyde92US #68
#60Calvin90US #82
#61Daniel89US #47
#62Hubert88US #117
#63Leon88US #77
#64Luther88US #126
#65Ray85US #61
#66Warren83US #43
#67Lester82US #71
#68Lawrence81US #36
#69Wallace80US #69
#70Earnest79US #146
#71Homer79US #113
#72Hugh79US #123
#73Tom79US #144
#74Edwin78US #56
#75Leonard77US #37
#76Lonnie76
#77Floyd75US #64
#78Harvey75US #91
#79Nathaniel73US #193
#80Bennie71US #182
#81Billy71US #78
#82Claude71US #103
#83Alfred68US #42
#84Julian68
#85Johnny67US #159
#86Milton67US #81
#87Tommie67
#88Donald66US #10
#89Bill65US #98
#90Alvin62US #73
#91Gordon60US #76
#92Melvin60US #48
#93Edgar58US #94
#94Norman58US #44
#95Ben57US #148
#96Elmer55US #57
#97Allen53US #97
#98Dewey53US #185
#99Isaac53US #197
#100Jim53US #167

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑28Calvin#60
↑28Lawrence#68
↑25Ray#65
↑21Carolyn#66
↑21Louis#52
↑17Wallace#69
↑16Betty#28
↑14Lester#67

Falling

↓27Luther#64
↓23Edgar#93
↓21Julian#84
↓18Claude#82
↓17Jim#100
↓16Homer#71
↓16Ben#95
↓15Anna#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.